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How to Make Blackberry (or other fruit) Ice Cream
Blackberry ice cream The best ice cream is simply frozen custard. Egg yolks and cream make a very smooth, rich ice cream. You can make ice cream without egg yolks and cream but then it wouldn’t be a...
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How to Make Cold, Tasty Cucumber Soup
Cucumber soup is a delicious summer soup served chilled. It’s cooling, light, and quiet. There is a simple way to make cucumber soup, here it is: whirl two peeled medium cucumbers and an 7- or 8-ounce...
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Garden Tomato Bruschetta
Bruschetta: toasted bread with tomato, garlic and basil Bruschetta is an antipasto—a “before the meal” bite or first course—except when it’s its own meal. There is much to be said for the simple,...
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Grilled Corn with Seasoned Butter
Grilled and roasted corn is most flavorful when it is cooked fresh—very fresh. As soon as an ear of corn is picked, its sugars start converting to starch. As the sugars turn to starch, the sweetness of...
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Corn Chowder and Summer Flavors
Corn chowder is a hearty soup. It’s a perfect match for the late summer corn harvest—a whiff of autumn in the air and sometimes a hint of chill. Chowder is an American term with French...
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How to Make Sweet Corn Soup
Just picked sweet corn makes a rich, sweet soup. This recipe takes about 45 minutes to prepare. If you want to serve it chilled, add about 3 hours refrigerator chilling time. Keep in mind that...
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How to Make Classic Basil Pesto
Classic pesto is made with fresh basil, Parmesan cheese, walnuts, olive oil, lemon, garlic, and salt. Pesto is the traditional pasta sauce. Pesto is also a flavorful addition to grilled vegetables,...
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How to Make Sweet Corn Soup
Just picked garden corn makes a rich, sweet soup. Make this corn soup with sweet corn, water, and some onion. Serve hot or cold. Choose ears of corn with fresh, green husks. The top of the cob should...
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How to Make Classic Basil Pesto
Classic pesto is made with fresh basil, Parmesan cheese, walnuts, olive oil, lemon, garlic, and salt. Pesto is the traditional pasta sauce. Pesto is also a flavorful addition to grilled vegetables,...
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Pumpkin with Coconut Curry
Pumpkin with curry combines the sweetness of the winter squash with the savory-spiced flavor of curry. It is a warming match appropriate for the crisp days when pumpkins and other winter squashes come...
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How to Make Creamy Pumpkin Soup
Make pumpkin soup with sweet, sugar, pie, or cheese pumpkins (small baking pumpkins). Add onions and potatoes for a sweet-savory flavor or substitute tart apples for the potatoes for a sweet-tart soup....
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How to Make Pumpkin Ice Cream
Here is a tasty pumpkin ice cream that is easy to make: it is simply sweetened pumpkin purée, milk, and whipping cream, frozen. Because this recipe use a purée of just harvested pumpkin, you will need...
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Herbs with Edible Flowers
Borage blossoms Many herbs have edible flowers than can be used as a colorful garnish for salads and for both sweet and savory dishes. Add herb flowers to delicate salads and salad herbs such as lamb’s...
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Rhubarb Crumble
This is a classic rhubarb crumble. Rhubarb is among the first crops of the year–along with asparagus and radishes. Use rhubarb that is firm like celery, not limp. You may want to “string” the rhubarb...
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Herbs for Tea
Mint and chamomile are the most common herb teas, but you can brew tea from almost any garden herb. Herb teas are soothing and often health-giving. They contain virtually none of the caffeine found in...
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Simple All-Purpose Pie Crust Recipe
Here is all-purpose pie crust recipe you can use for pies, tarts, and galettes. Makes 1 crust for a 9-inch pie Time 10 minutes, plus 20 minutes to chill 1 cup flour ½ teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons cold...
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Fresh Apricot Tart Recipe
Apricots reach their full potential cooked. Compare the flavor of a raw apricot to one that has been heated up a bit in the oven—you will be convinced. The most flavorful of all apricot varieties is...
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Herb Butter Recipe
Parsley herb butter Use herb butter wherever you would use the herb alone—on rice or noodles, steamed vegetables, grilled or roasted meat, poultry, or fish. Herb butter can be prepared more quickly and...
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Fluffy Blueberry Pancakes Recipe
Fresh blueberry pancakes and syrup Blueberry season starts in May in the South and moves north to New England in July and August. The peak blueberry season in the upper Midwest is August. On the West...
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Grilled Chicken Kebabs
The kebab or shish kebab originated in the Mediterranean. The kebab is a marinated meat, poultry, shellfish, firm fish, and vegetables or fruits threaded on a skewer and grilled or broiled. This recipe...
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